Steffi Jones

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Steffi Jones
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Personal information
Full name Stephanie Ann Jones [1]
Date of birth (1972-12-22) 22 December 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1979–1986 SV Bonames
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1991 SG Praunheim
1991–1992 FSV Frankfurt
1992–1993 SG Praunheim
1993–1994 TuS Niederkirchen
1994–1997 SG Praunheim
1997–1998 FSV Frankfurt
1998–2000 SC Bad Neuenahr
2000–2002 1. FFC Frankfurt
2002–2003 Washington Freedom
2003–2007 1. FFC Frankfurt
International career
1993–2007 Germany 111 (9)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Germany
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephanie Ann Jones (born 22 December 1972) is a German-American football manager and former player who last managed the German women's national team. As a defender, she earned 111 caps for the national team between 1993 and 2007, helping her country win the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and three consecutive European Championships. After retiring from active football, Jones worked as a football administrator, in charge of organising the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, before becoming a manager. [2]

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Playing career

Club

Jones started playing football at the age of four. From 1979 to 1986, she played in mixed youth teams for SV Bonames in Frankfurt. In 1986, she joined the girls' team of SG Praunheim, and moved to the club's women's team in 1988. In 1991, Jones moved to FSV Frankfurt, and subsequently changed teams almost every year until she joined 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2000. In 2002, she joined Washington Freedom to play in WUSA for two years before returning to Frankfurt. [3] Jones ended her career as a player on 9 December 2007. [4]

International

Jones' first cap for the German national team was in 1993, during the third-place match of the UEFA Women's Championship against Denmark, which Germany lost. From 1997, she won three consecutive European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Jones was also part of the squad that won the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup; she suffered a rupture of her cruciate ligament in the third game of the tournament and was sidelined for six months. She won Olympic bronze for the second time at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [5] Jones announced the end of her international career on 26 March 2007. [6] She finished her career with nine goals in 111 caps. [7]

Coaching and administration

Post-retirement, Jones served as president of the organisation committee of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in Germany. [8] She subsequently obtained her coaching license at the German Sport University Cologne. After serving as assistant manager of the national team under Silvia Neid, Jones assumed the position of head coach in August 2016. [9] She was released on 13 March 2018. [10] [11]

Personal life

A dual German and American citizen, Jones is the daughter of a German mother and an African-American father. Her father was a soldier stationed in West Germany; he left the family early in her life to return to the United States. Jones was raised by her single mother in a working-class neighborhood in Frankfurt. One brother, Christian, has struggled with drug addiction; another brother, Frank, served as an American soldier in Iraq and lost both legs in an assault in 2006. [12]

Jones entered a registered partnership with her girlfriend, Nicole, in June 2014. She had come out publicly as a lesbian in February 2013. [13]

Jones' autobiography, Der Kick des Lebens (The Kick of Life), was released in August 2007. [14]

In 2021, she featured in Schwarze Adler  [ de ], a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football. [15]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 1999 Landover, United States Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–23–3 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.17 August 2000 Kópavogur, Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1–06–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
3.20 August 2004 Patras, Greece Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–12–1 2004 Summer Olympics
4.9 June 2005 Preston, England Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3–04–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2005
5.12 November 2005 Ulm, GermanyFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–04–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Managerial record

As of 4 March 2018.

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Germany (women)20 August 2016 [16] 13 March 20182113445117+34061.90

Honours

Personal

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References

  1. ↑ Steffi Jones at Olympedia (archive) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Jones inducted into Hall of Freedom". FIFA.com. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Jones inducted into Hall of Freedom on Sunday". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jones ends Germany career". UEFA.com. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Steffi Jones". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Jones ends Germany career". UEFA.com. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ↑ DFB (28 March 2007). "official statistics at German Football Association". DFB Net.
  8. ↑ DFB (11 November 2007). "official announcement at German Football Association". DFB Net.
  9. ↑ "Silvia Neid's last match as German's coach is for the gold". Associated Press. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Steffi Jones: Germany sack women's head coach after SheBelieves Cup disappointment". BBC Sport. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "DFB entbindet Bundestrainerin Steffi Jones von Aufgaben". dfb.de. 13 March 2018.
  12. ↑ Stumpe, Volker (28 January 2008). "OC President Steffi Jones". Deutschland . Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  13. ↑ "Steffi Jones outet sich – "Ja, wir sind ein Paar"". Welt (in German). 3 February 2013.
  14. ↑ Jens-Meyer Odewald (22 September 2007). "Interview with Steffi Jones (in German)". Hamburger Abendblatt.
  15. ↑ Bülau, Maximilian (19 April 2021). "Von Mbom bis Kostedde: Das sind die Protagonisten der Amazon-Dokumentation "Schwarze Adler"". HNA (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  16. ↑ Managerial statistics
  17. ↑ Hessische Staatskanzlei: Hessischer Verdienstorden für Steffi Jones Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine ; Pressemitteilung vom 11. Juni 2006
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